What is a Watershed?

• Watershed is when water runs down a hill.

• Watershed is when water falls in the form of precipitation.

• Watershed is when runoff and groundwater drain into a body of water.

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What does this image show?

• tributary

• run off

• watershed

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What does the "brown" in the picture show?

• precipitation

• groundwater

• run off

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What is this?

• Groundwater

• Watershed

• Runoff

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What does this show?

• fishing

• pollution in the watershed

• too much runoff

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What is a divide?

• A well in which water rises due to pressure

• Forms the boundaries of a watershed

• type of hot spring in which water sometimes erupts.

• place where groundwater bubbles through rocks.

A ___________________ is the area of land that collects runoff and channels it into a main river.

• divide

• watershed

• tributary

• Potomac River

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Waste from animals can contaminate water?

• True

• False

Pollutants from a factory that enter the water in a watershed will have a negative effect on which of the following?

• local pond life

• direction of river flow

• rainfall

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The use of pesticides and fertilizers is carefully monitored because of the effect they can have on the environment. Which of the following is a possible negative effect of the use of these chemical on the environment?

• runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams.

• these chemicals cannot be purchased in large bulk

• these chemicals are expensive to produce

• storage space for these chemicals is limited

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